Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pure chance / Fortune and misfortune: The combined concept of random luck, encompassing both good luck ("may") and bad luck ("rủi"). It refers to the unpredictable nature of fate where outcomes are determined by chance rather than effort.
   • Happenstance / Vicissitudes of life: The unpredictable ups and downs, the strokes of good and bad fortune that one encounters in life.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cuộc đời đầy rủi may. (Life is full of vicissitudes.)
  • Chuyện thành bại đôi khi chỉ là rủi may. (Success or failure is sometimes just a matter of chance.)
  • Anh chấp nhận mọi rủi may trong công việc. (He accepts all the fortunes and misfortunes in his work.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used philosophically to comment on the acceptance of life's unpredictable nature.
  • Sống ở đời phải biết chịu đựng rủi may. (One must know how to endure life's ups and downs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rủi ro (n): Risk, peril. Specifically denotes danger or potential for loss.

  • Đầu tư luôn tiềm ẩn rủi ro. (Investment always carries risk.)

• May mắn (n/adj): Luck, fortunate. Specifically denotes good fortune.

  • Cô ấy rất may mắn. (She is very lucky.)

Synonyms

• Chance: The occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious design.
• Fortune: Chance or luck as a force in human affairs.
• Happenstance: A circumstance especially that is due to chance.
• Vicissitude: A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

Related Idioms

• Hên xui: (Colloquial) Luck, chance. A more casual synonym for "rủi may."

  • Chuyện đó phụ thuộc vào hên xui. (That depends on luck.)

• Sự đời may rủi: The fortunes and misfortunes of life.

  • Sự đời may rủi, ai đoán trước được. (The vicissitudes of life, who can predict them.)

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